Financial institutions that entered the space before regulatory oversight intensified need to calculate whether the price of talent, risk planning and technology is worth the return.

Fostering financial well-being among the country's fastest-growing demographic group is essential to the future of the American economy. And, not incidentally, it's also good for business.

As a senator, the likely Democratic nominee for President championed an agency that did early work on payment technology, setting the stage for a central bank digital currency.

While the federal banking agencies are not changing any current rules, they issued a joint statement Thursday cautioning banks about risks in third-party deposit partnerships. They are also seeking public input on bank-fintech partnerships more generally.

Project Fortress encompasses four initiatives Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo hopes will "improve the security and resilience of the financial services sector."

The big box retailer's move comes amid a broader decline for the traditional payment option.

The bank is developing algorithmic models that will be ready to take advantage of quantum computers when they become powerful and reliable enough to use. It's also taking steps to defend itself against the day cybercriminals can harness quantum computing to break the encryption protocols everyone uses. 

The payments company is pulling Cash out of the U.K. as it tries to expand the peer-to-peer app in the U.S.; firms in Hong Kong and Australia try to make stablecoin transactions global; and more.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reversed itself, declaring that earned wage access programs, which conduct no underwriting and charge no interest, are loans. This is a disservice to the industry and consumers.